2021–22 FC St. Gallen season

FC St. Gallen
2021–22 season
Chairman	Matthias Hüppi
Manager	Peter Zeidler
Stadium	Kybunpark
Swiss Super League	5th
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Kwadwo Duah (15); All: Kwadwo Duah (18)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was FC St. Gallen's 143rd season in existence and the club's tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, St. Gallen participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2022^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GHA	Lawrence Ati-Zigi
3	DF	GHA	Musah Nuhu
4	DF	SUI	Leonidas Stergiou
6	MF	SUI	Basil Stillhart
7	FW	AUT	Fabian Schubert
8	MF	ESP	Jordi Quintillà
9	FW	SUI	Jérémy Guillemenot
10	MF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
11	MF	SUI	Kwadwo Duah
13	MF	GER	Leonhard Münst (on loan from Stuttgart II)
14	DF	CRO	Matej Maglica (on loan from Stuttgart II)
15	DF	POR	Euclides Cabral
16	MF	GER	Lukas Görtler
18	GK	GER	Lukas Watkowiak
19	FW	SUI	Julian Von Moos
23	DF	KOS	Betim Fazliji


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	PHI	Michael Kempter
27	GK	SUI	Armin Abaz
28	FW	SUI	Christopher Lungoyi (on loan from Juventus)
29	MF	SUI	Alessandro Kräuchi
30	MF	SUI	Patrick Sutter
31	FW	SUI	Alessio Besio
32	MF	SUI	David Jacovic
33	MF	SUI	Isaac Schmidt
34	FW	SUI	Boris Babic
37	MF	SUI	Christian Witzig
44	FW	SUI	Logan Clément
45	MF	SUI	Alexandre Jankewitz (on loan from Young Boys)
50	DF	SUI	Nicolas Lüchinger
55	MF	BFA	Salifou Diarrassouba (on loan from ASEC Mimosas)
72	MF	SUI	Bastien Toma (on loan from Genk)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Miro Muheim (at Hamburger SV until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	SUI	Tim Staubli (at Vaduz until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	SUI	Angelo Campos (at SC Brühl until 31 December 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Lorenzo González (at Ústí nad Labem until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	SUI	Florian Kamberi (at Sheffield Wednesday until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	FRA	Élie Youan (at Mechelen until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 July 2021 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	St. Gallen	Stuttgart, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Al Ghaddioui 47', 49', 51'			Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 1,300

17 July 2021 Friendly	St. Gallen	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	St. Gallen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Besio 19' Youan 36'		Fazliji 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 6,261 Referee: David Huwiler

13 January 2022 Friendly	St. Gallen	5–5	Winterthur	St. Gallen, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Gründenmoos Kunststoffrasenplatz

15 January 2022 Friendly	Rheindorf Altach	1–4	St. Gallen	Altach, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz

19 January 2022 Friendly	Wil	0–1	St. Gallen	Wil, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Bergholz

23 January 2022 Friendly	Schaffhausen	1–3	St. Gallen	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Wefox Arena

24 March 2022 Friendly	St. Gallen	9–0	FC Dornbirn	St. Gallen, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	24 July 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	29	11	8	10	53	51	+2	037.93
Swiss Cup	14 August 2021		Round 1	4	4	0	0	16	4	+12	100.00
Total				33	15	8	10	69	55	+14	045.45

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Young Boys	36	16	12	8	80	50	+30	60	Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Lugano	36	16	6	14	50	54	−4	54	Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]
5	St. Gallen	36	14	8	14	68	63	+5	50
6	Servette	36	12	8	16	50	66	−16	44
7	Sion	36	11	8	17	46	67	−21	41

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[2]
Notes:

^ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
29	11	8	10	53	51	+2	41	5	7	3	28	25	+3	6	1	7	25	26	−1

Last updated: 10 April 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D
Position

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.^[3]

First half of season

24 July 2021 Round 1	Lausanne-Sport	1–2	St. Gallen	Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
20:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 4,632 Referee: Urs Schnyder

1 August 2021 Round 2	St. Gallen	2–2	Luzern	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15	Ruiz 1' Babic 13'	SFL summary	82' Ugrinic 90+6' Tasar	Attendance: 12,548 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

8 August 2021 Round 3	Lugano	2–1	St. Gallen	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15		SFL summary		Attendance: 2,692 Referee: Urs Schnyder

21 August 2021 Round 4	St. Gallen	1–1	Sion	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 11,927 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

28 August 2021 Round 5	St. Gallen	3–3	Zürich	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00		SFL summary		Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Luca Cibelli

12 September 2021 Round 6	Servette	5–1	St. Gallen	Geneva
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)		SFL summary		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 7,065 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

22 September 2021 Round 7	St. Gallen	0–2	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30	Fazliji 22' 81' Görtler 25'	SFL summary	16', 86' Cabral 34' Millar 58' Ndoye 77' Xhaka	Attendance: 14,321 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

25 September 2021 Round 8	Young Boys	2–1	St. Gallen	Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pefok 3' Mambimbi 47'	SFL summary	Duah 61'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 25,166 Referee: Luca Cibelli

2 October 2021 Round 9	Grasshopper Club	5–2	St. Gallen	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00	Sène 9', 49' Kawabe 14' Léo 22' Pusic 58' Bolla 70' Diani 84'	SFL summary	28' 46' Lüchinger 54' (pen.) Duah 55' Guillemenot	Attendance: 5,789 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

17 October 2021 Round 10	St. Gallen	2–1	Servette	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 13,945 Referee: Luca Piccolo

24 October 2021 Round 11	Luzern	2–0	St. Gallen	Lucerne
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)		SFL summary		Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 10,769 Referee: Urs Schnyder

30 October 2021 Round 12	St. Gallen	3–1	Young Boys	St. Gallen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Youan 4' Görtler 37' Faivre 47' (o.g.) Diakité 75' Besio 87'	Report	82' (o.g.) Stillhart 90+5' Elia	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 17,901 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

7 November 2021 Round 13	Basel	0–1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Millar 46' Burger 70' Ndoye 76'	SFL summary FCB report	24' Nuhu 82' Zigi 87' Youan	Attendance: 23,599 Referee: Urs Schnyder

21 November 2021 Round 14	St. Gallen	0–1	Lausanne-Sport	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15		SFL summary	12' (o.g.) Nuhu	Attendance: 15,965 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

27 November 2021 Round 15	Sion	3–1	St. Gallen	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

5 December 2021 Round 16	St. Gallen	0–4	Grasshopper Club	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30	Stillhart 18' Guillemenot 81'	SFL summary	32', 43', 58' Sène 82' Margreitter 83' Kawabe	Attendance: 14,335 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

11 December 2021 Round 17	St. Gallen	1–1	Lugano	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

18 December 2021 Round 18	Zürich	3–1	St. Gallen	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00		SFL summary		Attendance: 11,571 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Second half of season

30 January 2022 Round 19	Lausanne-Sport	1–5	St. Gallen	Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
14:15		SFL summary		Attendance: 3,740 Referee: Luca Cibelli

6 February 2022 Round 20	St. Gallen	3–3	Young Boys	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 CET (UTC+1)		SFL summary		Attendance: 16,305 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

12 February 2022 Round 21	St. Gallen	5–1	Servette	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ruiz 4' Guillemenot 10' Guillemenot 29' Schubert 63' Schubert 77' Lungoyi 83'	SFL summary	2' Schalk 66' Clichy 69' Cognat	Attendance: 12,960 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

19 February 2022 Round 22	Lugano	0–2	St. Gallen	Cornaredo, Lugano
18:00		SFL summary		Attendance: 3,313 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

27 February 2022 Round 23	St. Gallen	2–0	Grasshopper Club	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15	Von Moos 7' Guillemenot 58' Duah 66' Toma 87'	SFL summary	20' Abrashi 63' Jordão 90+1' Bolla	Attendance: 18,861 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

3 March 2022 Round 24	Basel	2–2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Xhaka 36' Frei 41' Chalov 56' Chalov 83'	SFL summary FCB report	20' Guillemenot 22' Duah 32' Euclides Cabral 36' Guillemenot 45' Ruiz 90+4' Besio 90+4' Jankewitz	Attendance: 19,572 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

6 March 2022 Round 25	St. Gallen	1–1	Sion	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30	Schubert 45+2'	SFL summary	53' Stojilković	Attendance: 15,605 Referee: Urs Schnyder

12 March 2022 Round 26	Zürich	0–3	St. Gallen	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00		SFL summary		Attendance: 17,288 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

19 March 2022 Round 27	St. Gallen	3–2	Luzern	St. Gallen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schmidt 12' Görtler 21' Duah 37'	SFL summary	6' Čumić 9' Burch	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 17,848 Referee: Luca Cibelli

2 April 2022 Round 28	Sion	0–3	St. Gallen	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30		SFL summary	26' Ruiz 30' Guillemenot 59' Von Moos	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

10 April 2022 Round 29	St. Gallen	2–2	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30	Duah 20' Maglica 49' Cabral 60' Guillemenot 65' Ruiz 76'	SFL summary	26' (o.g.) Stergiou 60' Xhaka 61' Stocker 67' Burger 70' Lang	Attendance: 18,861 Referee: Urs Schnyder

19 March 2022 Round 30	Luzern	3–2	St. Gallen	Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00	Schulz 75' Dejan Sorgić 84' Ndiaye 90+1'	SFL summary	13' Ruiz 83' Fazliji	Attendance: 13,491 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

24 April 2022 Matchday 31	St. Gallen	3–0	Lugano	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15	Görtler 19' Von Moos 32' Schubert 35 '	SFL summary		Attendance: 17,048 Referee: Luca Cibelli

30 April 2022 Matchday 32	Servette	0–2	St. Gallen	Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30		SFL summary	68' Fazliji 88' Lungoyi	Attendance: 5,394 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

7 May 2022 Matchday 33	St. Gallen	1–2	Zürich	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 CET	Jordi Quintillà 37' Schmidt 77' Stergiou 85'	Report	Mets 10' Krasniqi 35' Aliti 36' Maglica 43' (o.g.) Kryeziu 64'	Attendance: 18,861 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

10 May 2022 Matchday 34	Young Boys	4–1	St. Gallen	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CET	Elia 7' 68' Niasse 13' Zesiger 55' Kanga 61' (pen.) Fassnacht 62' Lustenberger 86'	Report	Guillemenot 51' Maglica 59' Görtler 90+2'	Attendance: 23,152 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

19 May 2022 Matchday 35	Grasshopper	3–2	St. Gallen	Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 CET	Loosli 18' Morandi 45+1' André Moreira 59' Momoh 81' Abrashi 87' Sène 90+5'	Report	Besio 10' Stillhart 42' Jordi Quintillà 60' (pen.) Duah 87'	Attendance: 5,234 Referee: Luca Piccolo

22 May 2022 Matchday 36	St. Gallen	4–0	Lausanne-Sport	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 CET	Duah 24' 32' 61' Görtler 65' Sutter 78'	Report	Coyle 52' Alakouch 59' Castella 66'	Attendance: 17,121 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Swiss Cup

References

^ "Kader" [Squad]. FC St. Gallen (in German). fcsg.ch. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2021/22". sfl.ch. 24 June 2021.

[table_note_res_ECL3Q0.021645531999714-2] Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

[1] "Kader" [Squad]. FC St. Gallen (in German). fcsg.ch. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

[3] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[4] "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2021/22". sfl.ch. 24 June 2021.

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